Sorry the forum's not perfect. We're still trying to figure out what all's needed and sometimes you can't predict stuff like this till it happens. The default search just is kinda lack luster I'd need the gang to buy a new one.

Let me try dropping the minimum word length to 2 for now. If nothing else google does index the forums so just add Site:forum.e3d-online.com to your search and you'll only get results from here. Sucks but at least it works, unlike G+

Looking a bit more closely it depends on the MySQL minimum word length, which is typically 4. Probably need to purchase a better one

I'm not clear on how to use the "site:" prefix to alter search. Are we talking about the search box here or directly on Google? Could you screen shot perhaps a search for "LCD not working" showing Google finding this post?

Full-text search is carefully tuned for the most effectiveness. Modifying the default behavior in most cases can actually decrease effectiveness. Do not alter the MySQL sources unless you know what you are doing.

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Do not meddle in the affairs of source files, for they are subtle and quick to anger...

I'm not clear on how to use the "site:" prefix to alter search. Are we talking about the search box here or directly on Google? Could you screen shot perhaps a search for "LCD not working" showing Google finding this post?

We use elasticsearch (based on lucene) and it is fantastic. Now there is a nice docker for getting it up and running in 5 minutes. V5 is going to come out with its own docker like engine and an integrated feature to make a storm/bolt like functionality. The great thing of lucene instead of mysql for searching text, is that it is fully preindexed and you can use all sorts of sophisticated search ideas like nearness (LCD within 3 words of contrast, etc)